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"■  Youth  set  aright  at  first,  with  ease  go  on, 
And  each  new  task  is  with  new  p!easiu«  done." 


RICHMOND: 
Jv  B.  Ki!iNiN(?HAM,  211  Broad  St, 

1865, 


THE 

WILLIAM  R.  PERKINS 

LIBRARY 

OF 
DUKE  UNIVERSITY 


MACP 


Rare  Books 


tM. 


1 


THE 

VIRGINIA  SPELLER  AiD  READER. 

ROMAN  CAPITAL  LETTERS. 

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DOUBLE  LETTERS. 


SPELLM^   ANjD    BEADER. 


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SPELLEE    AND    READER. 


book 


jbla  ble  bli  bio  blu 

Wt&hvei  bre  bri  bro  bru 

jcla  cle  cli  clo  clu 

!cra  ere  cri  cro  cru 


cow 


trunk  ^ 


sliip 


stove 


jdra  clre  dri  dro  dru 

ila  iie  iii  flo  M 

fra  fre  fri  fro  frii 

gla  gle  gii  glo  giu 

gra  gre  gri  gro  gni 

pla  pie  pli  plo  plu 

pra  pi'e  pri  pro  pru 

slia  she  shi  sho     sbu 

ska  ske  ski  sko  sku 

sla  sle  bH  slo  slii 

sma  sme  smi  sino  smu 

sna  sue  sni  sno  snu 


spB  spe  spi  spo  spu 

ta  ste  sti  sto  stu 

tlia  the  thi  tho  thu 

tra  tre  tri  tro  tni 


SPELLER    AND    KEADEK. 


11 


hot 
dig 

lot 
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had 
fed 

fob 
cut 

pin 
ded 

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hum 

man 

jug 

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pot 

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tap 

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bid 

fat 
did 

hog 
hip 

nap 
dry 

far 

cag 

let 
dug 

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kid 

tin 
mad 

pig 

set 

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bed 

lad 
led 

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dip 

lop 

lip 

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gut 

map 
cjy 

rap 
fry 

tin 
ben 

sin 
fen 

baj* 
bag 

jar 
hag 

gun 
gum 

run 

mum 

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bug 

met 
ft 

hug 

God 

nut 

gem 
nip 

wed 

rat 

mod 

pen 
rip 

dun 
sob 

sad 
put 

log 
tar 

wig 

8um 

men 
rob 

net 
mar 

win 

fun 

bJeELLEK   AND    KEADEK. 


job 

mud 

sut 

fix 

old 

rat 

pig 

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get 
for 

horse 

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8PELLER    AxMD    KKADKH 


COW  < 

how 

mow 

now 

sow 

bay 

day 

g^J 

hay 

jay 

law 

maw 

paw 

raw 

saw 

tow 

bow 

few 

low 

mow 
mew 

row 

dew 

hew 

new 

nav 

*• 

pay 

ray 

say 

way 

doe 

foe 

roe 

toe 

due 

rue 

sue 

awe 

daw 

law 

0 ANN OK 


The  cannon  makes  a  loud  noise» 


Go  in» 
Go  on. 
Go  up. 


A  red  cap.         He  can  dig. 
A  fat  pig.  I  can  hop. 

A  tin  cup.         You  can  run. 


1^ 


14 


iPELLKK    ASl>    KEADKK. 


house 


clock 


sofa 


pump 


teeth     ^^R!^jJJ> 


dock 
cold 
kick 
bend 

lock 
fold 
lick 
fend 

mock 
hold 
sick 
lend 

camp 
bond 
link 
dint 

damp 
fond 
pink 
hint 

lamp 
pond 
sink 
lint 

king 
deck 
high 
luck 

ring 
neck 
nigh 
muck 

sing 
peck 
sigh 
tuck 

lump 
calm 
fill 
cuff 


jolt 

fall 

malt 

fell 

dent 


pump 
palm 
hill 
huff 

polt 
gall 
salt 
seU 

lent 


-PKI.I.ER    ANI»    RKAI>F:R. 


boy 

coy 

i<^y 

toy 

coo 

too 

woo 

bee 

fee 

see 

die 

fie 

lie 

pea 

sea 

tea 

yea 
orl> 

vow 

lay 
oat 

may 

oak 

oar 

ace 

age 

ape 

ear 

eat 

ice 

one 

our 

out 

own 

use 

are 

aid 

aim 

vou 

two 

All  of  us,  my  son,  are  to  die. 
If  we  do  no  ill,  we  go  to  joy. 
Go  not  in  the  way  of  bad  men. 
The  eye  of  God  is  on  us  all  the  day- 


16 


SPELLER   AND    laKADEE. 


piano 


table 


saddle 


pitcher 


compass 


^ 
^ 


buck 

muck 

gilt 

ramp 

band 

cant 

dung 

pomp 

kill 

held 

puff 

talk 

comb 

told 

bulk 

hall 

limb 

jilt 

dumb 

hemp 

land 

gang 

wink 

rent 

duck 

till 

alms 

dull 

pelt 

bang 

fact 

hull 

belt" 

sand 

wing 

rick 

back 

half 

silk 

tall 

vamp 

pill 

sift 

lack^ 

wild 

tell 

plant 

monk- 

milk 

kind 

rant 

well 

half 

pick 

felt 

mend 

sick 

wUt 

hard 

farm 

bark 

will 

left 

SPELLER   AND    KEADBK. 


11 


jlord 

wall 

sack 

horn 

rash 

walk 

kunt 

gift 

moss 

dash 

suck 

send 

mark 

dark 

rest 

firm 

loft 
kilt 

song 

dost 
burn 

lest 

rock 

bank 

port 

melt 

kelp 

long 

pith 

hiss 

sent 

mild 

curd 

dish 

lass 

dark 

verb 
tend . 

harm 

yarn 
liurt 

dust 

turk 

jack 

mist 

park 

cord 

lurk 

moth 

dart 

tent 

pump 

tack 

Viist 

toss 

fork 

card 
rank 

soft 

miss 
cash 

turn 

lamb 

herd 

morn 

hulk 

curl 

gird 

lust 

hash 

mint 

gulp 

runt 

rush 

vest 

purl 

term 

yard 

w^est 

fish 

bird 

wolf 

bung 

barn 

tush 

find 

liang 

vent 

path 

test 

18 


SPELLER   AND   PwEABER. 


turf 

girl 

lark 

corn 

part 

hand 

went 

garb 

mask 

lest 

rift 

curb 

belt 

last 

hasp 

flax 

plan 

shod 

v/rang 

shad 

"babe 

yoke 

gale 

mind 

cope 

pair 

bate 

drive 

rage 

jade 

lime 

hold 

plate 

hire 

pave 

safe 

ship 

cane 

mute 

base 

CANAL  BOAT. 


The  boat  is  drawn  loj  horses. 


If.  we  live  well,  v/e  shall  die  well. 
He  doth  live  ill  who  doth  not  mend. 

We  must  love  all  men  ;  yea,  we  must  pray  for 
iliem  that  hate  ioj,  and  Ity  tn  do  nahanu. 


bPELLEli    A>'D    READER. 


19 


cage 

wide  ■ 

lane 

cure 

rite 

cave 

note 

rove 

wile 

vice 

bane 

game 

cake 

core 

dine 

mole 

lace 
safe 

mile 

kite 
wipe 

take 

rule 

hare 

huge 

bake 

mate 

pore 

fate 

wave 

pipe 

lame 

rude 

mule 

hone 

tire 

rise 
vote 

care 

mope 
mace 

pike 

tune 

here   ' 

lute 

hope 

dame 

lice 

rake 

hive 

wine 

tile 

same 

bite 

wore 

wife 

nice 

robe 

sake 

rule 

bone 

time 

dire 

tide 

fame 

rope 

tore 

ware 

poke 

fade 

face 

life 

make 

pag-e 

mane 

male 

sure 

gate 

dare 

file 

hide 

mice 

like 

pine 

mire 

dice 

pale 

vine 

hope 

fair 

more 

rat^ 

pane 

race 

rice 

20 


SPELLER    AKD    KEADEK. 


moon 
feel 


far  daub 

beam      deal 
fray 
gain 
moat 
snow 
foam 


feet 

keen 

gain 

thee 

seen 

meet 

soon 

lioof 


loud 

roar 
town 
coal 
tear 
they 
hoot 


tool 

soul 

wait 

keep 

leek 

deep 

noon 

doom 


Boys  love  play  ;  they  run,  hop,  skip  and 
jump. 

They  may  play  some  ;  but  if  they  would 

be  wise,  thev  should  read  and  ^^ ork  too. 


SPBLI-liK    AND    HRS.DEH. 


21 


meek 

hoop 

deer 

reel 

seem 

fool 

coo  j) 

seek 

weep 

heel 

Jail 

laid 

coin 

pour 

gout 

seal 

clay 

flow 

howl 

mean 

thaw 

void 

nail 

rout 

bowl 

Of  all  animals  the  dog  is  the  most  inter- 
esting. Forsaking  all  others,  he  attaches^ 
himself  to  his  master,  and  seems  never  so 
happy  as  when  taking  a  ramble  in  the 
woods  or  fields  with  one  he  loves. 


SPELLEE    AND    HEADER, 


trne 

gilt 

f  dn 

crow 

stay 

soul 

down 


maim 

slow 

beak 

read 

fowl 

coat 

gown 

cine 


They  who  would  read  well,  must  at  first 
learn  to  read  slow,  and  mind  all  the  stops  ; 
at  each  of  which  they  must  make  a  short 
pause. 


9PELLEF.    AlTD    EEADEB. 


23 


dray 

hair        rail 

main 

spew 

deaf 

load        meat 

weak 

grow 

^                horse 

world 

froth 

{ 

fkugl^     trust 

.  clash 

crush 

iM 

gMl          launch     blind 

shred 

lii 

T^^S.  ^etch 

shark 
lungs 

craft 

patch 

scrub 

ketch 

scorn 

blunt 

wrist 

bench 

cloth 

throb 

flash 

match 

speck 

brisk 

march 

smart 

latch 

bhss 

frank 

crust 

broth 

chest 

bircli 

SCOil 

cross 

twist 

plait 

sprat 

thick 

small 

dross 

forth 

grasp 

brash 

trust 

tench 

blend 

chaff 

block 

sprig 

track 

strap 

churn 

storm 

crock 

glass 

truth 

marsh 

24 

SPELLEI^    AND    BEABER. 

pride 

choke 

glare 

blame 

stave 

prose 

herse 

swine 

sharp 

those 

hedge 

prone 

barge 

haste 

shave 

theme 

bride 

helve 

spark 

torch 

spirit 

bhiff 

chose 

enore 

smile    ' 

^which 

smack 

graze 

there 

snack 

brnnt 

stilt 

sword 

knack 

spent 

glove 

purge 

worth 

gloss 

start 

The  first  Iet^-s  or  rules  which  we  are  re- 
qmred  to  observe  are  those  given  oj  pa- 
rents ;  and  we  ought  to  obey  them  because 
our  parents  are  wiser  than  we,  and  know 
best  what  is  sfood  for  us. 


SPLLLKR    AND    READKR. 


house 

bound 

crowd 

haunt 

round 

louse 

proud 

pouch 

count 

mouth 

vaunt 

sound 

stout 

pound 

scout 

cause 

creep 

steed 

bleed 

cheer 

\^^ 

leech 

sweet 

teeth 

/^k 

^    fleet 

sweep 

check 

Vj^ 

^»  breed 

speed 

wheel 

i^^^gfe 

fc!&\  sheer 

proof 
spoon 

shoot 

tooth 

floor 

bloom 

stool 

loose 

scoop 

sloop 

groom 

broad 

sloop 

gloom 

brook 

stoop 

goose 

# 

shook 

broom 

stood 

queen 

sleep 

kneel        ^ 

steel 

steer 

booth  ^ 

sK^v^i^ 

sleek 

teach 

sheaf         ^ 

^^^^k 

reach 

sneak 

clean      -^^t^' 

mouse 

speak 

cheap 

'm'^ 

tease 

heart 

cream 

1 

26 


BT-ELLT.R   A?2D    READER.- 


noise 

strain 

trail 

lease 

saint 

claim 

touch 

shear 

raise 

frail 

taint 

poise 

peace 

leave 

point 

slain 

cloud 

mourn 

faint 

bleat 

groan 

reach 

feast 

cheat 

quick 

joint 

moist 

broil 

faith 

treat 

coach 

heave 

^^d 


ih 


See !  here  is  a  line  yiiip.  All  her  sails  are 
set,  and  she  ciitstlie  water  as  she  sails  alon^r. 
It  will  take  her  a  longtime  to  get  to  a  port. 
The  sea  will  sometimes  be  stormy. 


^PELLHE    AND    READEB. 


throne 
oliance 
branch 
scotch 


stripe 
stride 
thresh 
thrive 


prmce 
liarsh 
snatch 
trance 


bridge 
crutcli 
drench 
scheme 


prance 

stroke 

fringe 

strike 

thrice 

strive 

pledge 

starve 

charge 

fiitch 

thrush 

speech 

cheese 

bought 

plough 

sleeve 

<5?aft^. 


&^^^ 


The  Giraffe  has 
a  very  extraordi- 
nary appearance, 
from  his  being  so 
low  behind  ;  he 
moves  very  awk-« 
W  a  1'  d  1  y ,  drag- 
ging, as  it  were, 
his  hind  legs  af- 
ter him. 


28 


SPELLEE    AND    READER. 


Words  accented  on  the  first  syllable. 


la-dy 

la-zy 

li-ar 

ma-ny 

ii-on 


ac-tor 
ma-ker 
el-der 
of-fer 


ed-dy 

en-vy 

ev-er 

ex-it 

fu-el 


mi-ser 

ad-der 

ma-son 

en-ter 

on-set 

am-ber 

ru-ral 

fa-tal 

ol-ive 

bo-som 

tu-lip 

gi-ant 

pi-lot 

co-Ion 


ro-sy 

ru-by 

ru-in 

su-et 

ti-dy 


ra-ker 

na-ked 

af-ter 

ri-der 

er-ror 

or-der 

an-gel 

so-ber 

fe-ver 

pa-gan 

ca-per 

tu-tor 

lia-zel 

pi-per 


SPELLKR   AND    READEK. 


29 


bri  ef 

gru  el 

mer  cy 

smo  ky 

can  dy 

han  dy 

mer  ry 

sor  row 

car  go 

hap  py 

mot  to 

spicy 

era  zy 

har  dy 

mud  dy 

sto  ry 

cri  er 

hob  by 

par  ty 

sul  ly 

dally 

jocky 

pen  ny 

sur  ly 

fan  cy 

jolly 

pup  py 

tab  by 

fol  ly 

lob  by 

que  ry 

tally 

for  ty 

lof  ty  ^ 

qui  et 

tar  dy 

gipsy 

luc  ky 

sil  ly 

tri  al 

art  fill 

tag  .got 

mor  tal 

sin  ful 

art  ist 

gal  lop 

mur  der 

sor  rel 

ban  ter 

gar  ter 

num  ber 

tan  ner 

bet  ter 

gun  ner 

nut  meg- 

ten  der 

bor  der 

ham  let 

pan  nel 

tra  der 

car  rot 

har  lot 

pep  per 

vel  vet 

cin  der 

hin  der 

phan  torn 

ves  sel 

cof  fin 

ken  nel 

pot  ter 

vul  gar 

differ 

kd  der 

ren  der 

wan  der 

din  ner 

Ian  cet 

rob  ber 

wil  ful 

doc  tor 

lim  ber 

nm  ner 

win  ter 

30 


SPELLEB    AND    BEADEU. 


See  the  fox. 

He  has  a  den. 

He  dug  it  in  the  ground. 

[t  keeps  him  warm  and  safe. 

See  him  go  out  of  his  den. 
He  sees  the  warm  sun. 
He  feels  the  pure  air. 
He  hears  the  birds  sing. 

He  is  glad. 
He  runs  and  jumps. 
Hark,  he  hears  a  noisOc 
See  him  look  round. 

He  sees  a  dog. 
The  dog  barks  at  him. 
The  dog  runs  at  him. 
He  wants  to  kill  the  fox. 
Cau  he  catch  the  fox  ? 
The  fox  runs  fast. 
Now  he  has  got  home. 
He  is  safe  in  his  den. 


SPELL  EP.    AND    EEADEK. 


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trnm  pet 
si  lent 
mit  tens 
splen  dour 
ton  nage 
sul  try 
pre  cept 
thel  tt^r 
mam  mon 


chest  nut 
sot  tisli 
pat  tern 
spin  ster 
mem  ber 
sp'in  ter 
til  lage 
sul  len 
par  eel     * 


ut  ter 
spun  gy 
frow  ard 
Btag  ger 
ran  dom 
sim  per 
tap  ster 
stam  mer 
mo  ment 


Tea  is  the  leaves  of  a  plant  t'liat  grows 
in  China. 


32 


SPELLER    AND    READIER. 


chil  dren 

sum  mer 

bar  rel 

fillet 

lord  ship 

fod  der 

pli  ant 

ser  pent 

cost  ly 

sera  per 

mo  dish 

hunt  er 

tet  ter 

war  like 

slug  gard 

li  ning 

turn  er 

trot  ter 

sharp  er 

sha  d}^ 

war  rant 

mil  ler 

plum  met 

plat  ter 

sig  nal 

'  lit  ter 

su  et 

con  trite 

sum  mon 

pur  chase 

sup  per 

tin  der 

skil  ful 

pil  fer 

spite  ful 

per  son 

tor  ment 

pa  rent 

rec  tor 

sun  der 

splen  did 

suf  name 

rub  bish 

pur  blind 

trans  port 

ser  vaht 

self  isli 

rug  ged 

bant  ling 

tumb  ler 

sur  face 

fro  zen 

spin  net 

ten  dril 

e  vil 

pip  kin 

snap  pish 

con  vent 

spin  ner 

pur  pose 

slaar  pen 

med  ley 

lin  net 

SPELLER  AND   EEADEB. 


33 


shil  ling 

suf  fer 

e  ven 

thank  ful 

wil  ling 

flnt  ter 

pam  per 

short  ly 

gib  bet 

sex  ton 

•  stern  ly 

tm  ant 

pave  ment 

tar  nish 

up  shot 

con  tract 

stin  gy 

vie  tim 

safe  ty 

nine  ty 

sen  tence 

art  less 

par  don 

ran  som 

slum  TTer 

rant  cr 

sin  ner 

PRINTING  PRESS. 


Snow  and  hail  are  drops  of  rain,  frozen 

by  the  coldness  of  the  air. 
3 


'f4 


SPELLEK  AKD   EEADEE. 


sliep  herd 
waste  ful 
mur  mur 
stu  dent 
pil  grim 
Buh  ject 
tliere  fore 
shame  ful 
ren  net 
sal  ad 

but  ter 
whiB  per 
ad  vent 
cut  ler 
fret  ful 
grit  ty 
liu  man 
Ian  tern 
satch  el 
pars  nip 


san  dj 
tat  ter 
slut  tisli 
plat  form, 
slen  der 
rum  mage 
slug  gish 
tenth  ly 
plu  mage 
shut  ter 


tur  nip 
wor  ship 
sloth  ful 
pru  dent 
lim  ner 
six  fold 
glos  sy 
con  vert 
buffet 
backi  ward 


cor  ner 
fla  grant 
hang  er 
dres  ser 
si  an  der 
thread  bare 
pos  set 
gold  finch 
fid  dler 
cul  ture 


morn  mg 
part  ner 
si  lence 
rem  nant 
time  ly 
lone  some 
fer  ret 
skip  per 
con  quest 
brim  stone 


SPELLER   AND    READER.  35 


THE    BALL. 

The  boys  play  ball. 
They  love  to  play. 
John  lost  his  ball. 
His  bat  went  next. 

John  is  now  sad. 
How  can  he  play  ? 
James  has  a  ball. 
Take  a  new  game. 

Cry  not  for  this. 
You  may  find  the  ball. 
You  must  look  for  it. 
Be  not  so  sad. 

It  was  a  fine  day. 
Ann  went  to  walk. 
She  lost  her  doll. 
She  too  is  sad. 

What  does  she  find  ? 
A  bat  and  a  ball. 
John  found  a  doll. 
Both  are  now  glad. 


36 


SPELLER   AND    READEli. 


pic  ture 

com  fort 

cab  bage 

stop  jDage 

gun  sliot 

flu  ent 

fore  taste 

fru  gal 

gut  ter 

hard  sliip 

in  ward 

craf  ty 

dul  lard 

stop  per 

scaf  fold 

com  ment 

va  grant 

gar  ret 

fop  pisli 

wed  ding 

horse  man 

glim  mer 

stran  ger 

in  sect 

in  most 

gus  set 

fur  long 

The  cock  crows ;  the 
goose  hisses ;  the  turkey- 
gobbles  ;  the  dog  barks ; 
the  cat  purrs  and  mews ; 
the  cricket  chirps  ;  the 
dove  coos  ;  the  peacock 
screams ;    the  swallow 

twitters  ;  the  owl  hoots  ;  the  lamb  bleats ; 

the  hog  squeals  ;  the  cow  lows  ;  the  horse 

neighs  ;  the  bull  bellows. 


SPELLEK    AND    READER. 


3t 


thun  der 

drum  mer 

bit  ter 

har  vest 

child  ish 

cham  ber 

grace  ful 

grate  ful 

fun  nel 

foggy 

land  mark 

idol 

let  ter 

con  verse 

like  ly 

se  cret 

scorn  ful 

her  mit 

pil  lar 

per  feet 

glit  ter 

sat  in 

max  im 

chap  man 

liang  ings 

var  nish 

•  lug  gage 

chop  per 

turn  pike 

tern  pest 

par  lour 

blun  der 

pen  cil 

scan  dal 

cburcb  man 

scan  ty 

turn  stile 

flan  nel 

war  fare 

scab  bard 

help  ful 

ven  ture 

pan  try 

le  gal 

ut  most 

chast  en 

in  fant 

strange  ly 

drug  get 

scar  let 

con  duct 

com  mon 

vir  gin 

fen  nel 

liost  ler 

tun  nel 

vin  tage 

land  scape 

up  side 

tat  ter 

38 


SPELLER   AND   READER. 


gos  pel 

spi  got 

four  score 

hav  oc 

tal  on 

gov  ern 

jour  nal 

vis  age 

lias  sock 

knowl  edge 

wlieel  er 

juice  less 

leath  er 

am  pie 

knuc  kle 

magic 

bare  foot 

li  quor 

noi  sy 

cheap  ness 

mel  on 

pas  time 

doc  tress 

naugb  ty 

rat  tie          • 

eye  brow 

pad  lock 

EAGLE. 

The  Eagle  is  a  very  large  bird,  and  is  to 
be  found  in  this  country.  There  are  seve- 
ral kinds  of  this  bird. 


^PELLKR   AND    READER, 


39 


ap  pie 
brew  er 
care  ful 
dear  ly 
ea  gle 
fair  ly 
giv  er 
hear  ty 
in  sight 
jaun  dice 

mis  tress 
nas  ty 
quick  en 
pas  try 
riv  er 
sau  cy 
ta  ble 
vis  it 
wid  ow 
zeal  ot 


mas  ter 
name  less 
oat  meal 
pea  cock 
qnick  ly 
I'ead  er 
sam  pie 
tai  lor 
vir  tne 
up  right 


crick  et 
dir  ty 
ev  er 
fiddle 
gath  er 
hab  it 
joy  ful 
kna  Yisli 
In  ere 
man  gle 


an  swer 
braw  ny 
cap  tain 
dead  ly 
ear  wig 
faith  ful 
gain  say 
health  ful 
im  age 
jew  el 

ram  ble 
sal  mon 
tal  ent 
val  ue 
wea  ry 
zeal  ous 
al  way 
bish  op 
chap  el 
dai  ly 


40 


SPELLER   AND   EEADER, 


buc  kle 

busli  el 

buck  ram 

col  ic 
deaf  en 

cbild  hood 
doubt  ful 

crus  ty 
dis  tant 

fatli  om 

faul  ty 

frail  ty 

grea  sy 
horn  age 
mod  est 

great  ness 
bus  ky 
mon  strous 

grum  ble 
host  ess 
mus  ty 

plan  et 
ruffle 

pos  ture 
riv  er 

plan  tain 
rel  ish 

PIANO. 


He  that  will  love  life,  and  see  good  days, 
let  bim  refrain  bis  tongue  from  evil,  and  bia 
lips  that  they  speak  no  guile. 


SPELLEPw    AND    READEE.  41 


The  heat  of  summer  ripens  the  produce 
of  the  farmer's  labours,  and  invites  him 
with  the  sickle,  scythe,  or  cradle  in  hand, 
to  cut  down  the  wheat,  the  rye,  the  barley, 
the  oats,  and  the  grass ;  while  the  little 
boys  are  busy  in  flying  the  kite,  bathing  in 
the  water,  &c. 


The  chilling  breezes,  falling  leaves,  and 
branches  loaded  with  ripened  fruit,  inform 
the  labourer  that  autumn  is  come.  The 
apples  must  now  be  gathered ;  the  corn, 
potatoes,  and  turnips  secured  for  use  in  win- 
ter ;  and  the  little  boys  amuse  themselves 
with  tops,  marbles,  etc. 


42 


SPELLER    AND    READER. 


The  accent  on  the  first  syllable. 


Ab  so  lute 
lib  er  ty 
dig  ni  fy 
op  e  ra 
glo  ri  fy 
rec  re  ate 
jus  ti  fy 
man  ner  ly 
cal  i  CO 

pe  ri  od 
fa  vour  ite 
sac  ra  ment 
im  pi  ous 
vit  ri  ol 
lat  i  tude 
ad  mi  ral 
jol  li  ty 
dan  ger  ous 


Mns  wo  man 
car  pen  ter 
nun  ne  ry 
fol  low  er 
quan  ti  ty 
im  pu  dent 
tern  po  ral 
bat  tie  door 
o  pi  um 


ev  e  ry 
rasp  ber  ry 
liar  mo  ny 
un  der  hand 
kna  ve  ry 
cin  na  mon 
in  di  go 
can  die  stick 
mack  e  rel 


ben  e  fit 
man  i  fold 
en  e  my 
pas  sen  ger 
bitli  er  to 
sane  ti  fy 
af  ter  ward 
nee  ta  rine 
dif  fer  ent 


quar  ter  age 
gen  e  ral 
tan  ta  lize 
jew  el  ler 
ag  gra  vate 
ag  gre  gate 
book  sel  ler 
lav  en  der 
eat  a  ble 


SPELLER   AND   READER.  45 

THE  KITE. 

Hen-ry  Stone  had  a  fine  kite.  Ou  a  clear, 
bright  day  in  the  fall  of  the  year,  when  the 
wind  blew  he  went  out  to  fly  it. 

His  broth-er  James  wished  to  go  with 
him  to  help  him.  But  Hen-ry  said,  "  No,  I 
can  fly  it  my-self."  He  tried  two  or  three 
times,  but  only  dragged  it  on  the  ground 
and  tore  it.  At  last  he  was  forced  to  ask 
his  broth-er  James  to  help  him. 

James  for-gave  his  want  of  kind-ness,  and 
gave  him  all  the  help  he  could ;  and  the 
kite  was  soon  seen  fly-ing  high  in  the  air, 
far  a-bove  the  tops  of  the  tall  trees. 

Now  they  were  both  very  hap-py,  and 
staid  and  watched  the  kite  until  they  were 
tired  of  play.  Then  they  went  home  and 
thanked  God  that  he  had  taken  care  of 
them,  and  made  them  so  hap-py.  They  said 
that  they  would  nev-er  quar-rel  a-gain,  but 
would  al-ways  share  their  plays  to-geth-er. 


44 


SPELLER   AND   EEADER. 


nour  isli  inent 
gal  le  Tj 
an  i  mate 
por  rin  ger 
dra  pe  ry 
tel  es  cope 


fel  low  ship 
par  a  ble 
or  der  ly 
care  ful  ness 
sep  a  rate 
lir  ma  ment 


CROWN. 


ob  li  gate 
hap  pi  ness 
bla  ma  ble 
rec  to  ry 
e  ven  ing 
vie  to  ry 


A  crown  is  worn  by  a  king.  It  is  a  toy 
for  wliich  muclf  blood  has,  at  times,  been 
shed. 


SPELLEK   AND   READER. 


45 


an  i  mal 
o  ver  board 
di  a  dem 
scav  en  ger 
gen  tie  man 
ut  ter  ly 
joe  u  lar 
mar  jo  ram 
ap  pe  tite 
op  e  rate 

des  pe  rate 
scru  pu  Ions 
gov  ern  ess 
use  ful  ness 
ju  ni  per 
sub  sti  tute 
ar  ti  choke 
li  a  ble 
des  ti  tute 
fin  isli  er 


nor  ther  ly 
can  di  date 
read  i ly 
fac  to  ry 
van  i  ty 
in  dus  try 
sin  gu  lar 
mal  a  dy 
neg  a  tive 
can  is  ter 


re  com  pense 
fur  ther  more 
ven  i  son 
in  fa  my 
mar  tyr  dom 
mit  ti  mus 
in  fan  cy 
char  ac  ter 
nig  gard  ly 
pas  tur  age 


bit  ter  ness 
pen  du  lum 
ex  eel  lent 
teach  a  ble 
haz  ard  oua 
wea  ri  some 
le  gi  ble 
gra  na  ry 
beg  gar  ly 
part  ner  ship 

ep  i  taph 
ter  ri  ble 
hand  ker  cliief 
wag  on  er 
leth  ar  gy 
grand  fa  ther 
but  ter  y 
mar  vel  lous 
em  i  nence 
gal  Ian  try 


46 


SPELLER   AND   READEE. 


reg  u  lar 
mul  ber  ry 
or  gan  ist 
bar  0  net 
sin  ew  y 
en  mi  ty 
cer  ti  fy 
hyp  o  crite 


iieav  i  ness 
mes  sen  ger 
ab  sti  nence 
rep  ro  bate 
drunk  en  ness 
ve  lie  mence 
gree  di ly 
gro  ce  ry 


sec  ond  ly 
of  fer  ing 
pil  lo  ry 
cer  tain  ly 
treacli  e  ry 
fatli  er  less 
friv  o  lous 
in  ju  ry 


He  tliat  is  slow  to  anger,  is  better  than 
the  mighty ;  and  he  that  ruleth  his  spirit, 
than  he  that  taketh  a  cityi 


SPELLER   AND    READER. 


4t 


gov  ern  or 
pes  ti  lence 
lib  e  ral 
ter  ri  fy 
a  the  ist 
pet  ti  coat 
drop  si  cal 
tes  ti  fy 
glo  ri  ous 
com  e  dy 

lu  mi  nous 
his  to  ry 
an  nu  al 
like  li  hood 
dil  i  gent 
ob  sti  nate 
grad  n  al 
set  tie  ment 
but  ter  fly 
sol  emn  ly 
c  qual  ize 


wick  ed  ness 
in  ^  del 
sep  ul  chre 
nu  me  ral 
or  i  gin 
car  ri  er 
scar  ci  ty 
faith  fill  ly 
won  der  fill 
in  no  cence 


griev  ous  ly 
nine  ti  eth 
in  flu  ence 
cir  cu  lar 
night  in  gale 
fam  i  ly 
rem  e  dy 
ar  ti  flee 
res  i  due 
drow  si  ness 
ver  bal  ly 


heart  i  ly 
res  o  lute 
med  i  cine 
em  bas  sy 
bev  e  rage 
reg  u  lar 
em  pe  ror 
vig  i  lant 
hea  Yen  ly 
fa  ri  ous 

ma  jes  ty 
se  ri  ous 
bu  si  ly 
med  i  tate 
el  o  quent 
pat  ri  arch 
hos  pi  tal 
pov  er  ty 
charge  a  ble 
tract  a  ble 
fish  e  ry 


48  SPELLER   AND   READEE. 


THE  STAE. 

Twinkle,  twinkle,  little  star, 
How  I  wonder  what  you  are ! 
Up  above  the  world  so  high. 
Like  a  diamond  in  the  sky. 

When  the  blazing  sun  is  gone. 
When  he  nothing  shines  upon, 
Then  you  show  your  little  light, 
Twinkle,  twinkle,  all  the  night. 

Then  the  traveller  in  the  dark, 
Thanks  you  for  your  tiny  spark ! 
He  could  not  see  which  way  to  go. 
If  you  did  not  twinkle  so. 

In  the  dark  blue  sky  you  keep, 
And  often  through  my  curtains  peep. 
For  you  never  shut  your  eye 
Til]  the  sun  is  in  the  sky. 

As  your  bright  and  tiny  spark 
Lights  the  traveller  in  the  dark. 
Though  I  know  not  what  you  are, 
Twinkle,  twinkle,  little  star. 


SPELLER   AND  READER. 


49 


wil  der  ness 
her  aid  ry 
grid  i  ron 
in  fer  ence 
sev  en  ty 
trag  e  dy 
mis  sle^toe 
grace  fal  ly 
lus  ti  ly 


gov  em  ance 
fisK  er  man 
live  li  hood 
rose  ma  ry 
rid  i  cule 
per  qui  site 
in  so  lent 
bus  band  man 
cheer  ful  ly 


com  ic  al 
i  ron  y 
house  hold  er 
for  es  ter 
trum  pet  er 
vig  o  rous 
for  eign  er 
for  ci  ble 
con  ju  rer 


THE  URN. 


Learn  something  useftil  every  day. 


50 


SPELLER  AND   READEKo 


liur  11  cane 
mer  ci  less 
rnf  fi  an 
butch  e  ry 
mem  o  ry 
ex  er  else 
sol  i  tude 
lier  mit  age 
cu  ri  ons 
tyr  an  ny 

eon  §.  dent 
cov  et  ons 
in  di  gence 
lit  a  ny 
prov  i  dence 
com  pa  ny 
in  ward  ly 
con  fi  dence 
main  te  nance 
vi  o  lence 
straw  ber  ry 


lu  di  crons 
pow  er  ful 
ad  jec  tive 
lee  tii  rer 
dif  fer  ence 
rev  er  ence 
gun  ne  ry 
vir  tu  0128 
skel  e  ton 
min  is  try 


fool  e  ry 
chas  ti  ty 
guard  i  an 
mul  ti  tude 
grand  mo  tlier 
du  ti  ful 
for  mal  ly 
bouji  te  ous 
ca  pa  ble 
du  ra  ble 
re  gis  ter 


mock  e  ry 
out  er  most» 
i  vo  ry 
change  a  bte 
piety 
flue  tu  ate 
treas  ur  er 
cin  na  mon 
for  tu  nate 
vin  e  gar 

in  ti  Miate* 
grav  i  ty 
fre  quen  cy 
spec  ta  cle 
com  mon  er 
in  stru  ment 
choc  o  late 
mer  ci  ful 
for  ti  tude 
trou  ble  sona^ 
rus  set  in 


SPELLER   AND    READEE. 


51 


The  accent  on  the  second 


An  oth  er 
be  got  ten 
dis  ci  pie 
en  joy  ment 
for  give  ness 
here  af  ter 
en  clo  sure 
more  o  ver 
00  cur  rence 

par  ta  ker 
re  pent  ance 
sin  cere  ly 
to  getli  er 
vice  ge  rent 
slijD  pe  ry 
plen  ti  ful 
mon  u  ment 
fla  ge  let 
cu  va  cy 


un  civ  il 
dis  cov  er 
in  qui  ry 
pro  due  tive 
re  ci  tal 
se  cure  ly  ^ 
a  pos  tie 
he  hoi  den 
con  sid  er 


di  rect  ly 
en  a  ble 
for  get  ful 
he  ro  ic 
im  mor  tal 
plas  ter  er 
lu  na  cy 
fan  ci  ful 
con  tra  ry 
fruit  er  er 


sellable. 

ma  jes  tic 
ob  serv  er 
pa  ter  nal 
re  ceiv  er 
se  vere  ly 
tri  bu  nal 
un  ac  tive 
de  ceit  ful 
en  coun  ter 

ig  no  ble 
pa  thet  ic 
re  cord  er 
se  duce  ment 
un  bo  som 
mis  e  ry 
twen  ti  eth 
vis  it  er 
pleu  ri  sy 
res  i  dence 


52 


SPELLEE   AND   EEADEE. 


ri  Ot  OUS 

pu  pil  age 
low  er  most 
grete  ful  ly 
couD  sellor 
liv  e  Yj 
au  di  ence 
cus  torn  er 
for  mer  ly 
clean  li  ness 

liturgy 
cle  men  cy 
six  ti  etlL 
circumstance 
stew  ard  ship 
clian  ce  ry 
sump  tu  ous 
dis  trac  tion 
sub  mis  sion 
pliy  si  cian 
con  ver  sion 


neg  li  gence 
pew  ter  er 
rot  ten  ness 
sla  ve  ry 
tow  ard  ly 
mir  a  cle 
hor  ri  bly 
thir  ti  eth 
sor  row  ful 
trav  el  ler 


bias  pile  my 
cheesemonger 
con  Stan  cy 
pun  ish  ment 
sov  er  eign 
poul  ter  er 
ref  er  ence 
re  due  tion 
re  li  gious 
o  mis  sion 
cor  rec  tion 


pub  li  can 
mil  li  ner 
fright  ful  ly 
chas  tise  ment^ 
pre  sent  ly 
sil  la  bub 
con  fer  ence 
rob  be  ry 
chol  er  ic 
herb  al  ist 

care  less  ly 
rhet  o  ric 
tes  ta  ment 
bias  phe  mous 
treas  u  rer 
con  fine  ment 
den  si  ty 
in  ven  tion 
trans  ac  tion 
ex  tor  tion 
di  vis  ion 


•i 


SPELLER   AND    READER. 


53 


pro  por  tion 
pe  ti  tion 
at  trac  tion 
pos  ses  sion 
out  ra  geons 
ap  pen  dix 
in  liu  man 
re  ful  gent 
dis  trib  ute 
in  jus  tice 

dis  or  der 
pro  phet  ic 
.  a  cute  ness 
en  ven  om 
un  lio  ly 
oc  ta  vo 
af  fee  tion 
de  clen  sion 
ex  cep  tion 
im  pres  sion 
ob  struc  tion 


con  fu  sion 
con  \ac  tion 
op  pres  sion 
as  cen  sion 
am  bi  tious 
un  seem  ly 
un  luck  y 
en  trea  ty 
re  mem  ber 
dis  tin  guisli 


spec  ta  tor 
en  tire  ly 
un  pleas  ant 
im  pure  ly 
ex  ot  ic 
die  ta  tor 
col  lee  tion 
de  struc  tion 
foun  da  tion 
ma  li  cious 
ob  jec  tion 


re  flee  tion 
re  cep  tion 
au  da  cious 
con  di  tion 
com  pas  sion 
sur  vi  ver 
e  ra  sure 
es  tab  lish 
un  god  ly 
in  vec  tive 

a  pos  tate 
arch  bisli  op 
re  fu  sal 
un  hand  some 
ad  he  sive 
ad  di  tion 
car  na  tion 
e  di  tion 
in  fee  tion 
ma  gi  cian 
per  mis  sion 


54 


SPELLER   AND    READER. 


per  fee  tion  re  demp  tion 

sub  jec  ti^n  sal  vi  tion 

tempt  a  tion  vex  a  tion« 

con  clu  sion  com  bus  tion 

de  due  tion*  con  vie  tion 

re  la  tion  in  struc  tion 

00  ca  sion  o  pin  ion 


re  bell  ion 
trans  gres  sion 
af  flic  tion 
as  ser  tion 
ex  pres  sion 
pro  fes  sion 
per  sua  sion 


If  we  would  be  happy,  we  must  learn  to 


be  good. 


iSPELLER   AXD   READER.  55 


THE  HEN  AND  FOX. 


Jane  Hall  had  a  fine  black  hen,  which 
she  used  to  fee<:l  with  crumbs,  un-til  she  was 
quite  tameo 

One  day  this  hen  got  out  of  the  yard 
with  her  lit-tle  chick-ens,  and  went  in-to  a 
grove  which  was  near. 

Jane  soon  miss-ed  her,  and  ta-king  the 
dog,  set-off  to  hunt  her,  for  she  was  a-fraid 
she  might  lose  her  chick-ens. 

When  they  reached  the  grov€  they  found 
the  hen  ma-king  a  loud  noise,  and  try-ing 
to  keep  off  a  young  fox  cub  that  want-ed 
to  seize  her  chick-ens. 

The  dog  soon  killed  the  fox ;  and  the  hen 
was  so  grate-fiil,  that  she  al-ways  went  with 
the  dog  af-ter  that,  and  would  some-times 
I'oost  in  his  ken-ncl. 


56 


SPELLER  AKD   IREADEB. 


The  aceent  on  the  fir%t  syllable. 


Ad  ver  sa  ry 
cer  e  mo  n  j. 
dif  fi  ciilty 
el  e  gan  c  j 
for  mi  da  Ible 
gul  li  flow  er 
im  pu  dent  \j 
sane  tu  a  ry 
an  nu  al  ly 

per  son  a  ble 
vol  un  ta  ry 
prof  it  a  "ble 
cow  ard  li  nes& 
ig  no  min  y 
Ilos  pit  a  bly 
a  vi  a  ry 
sep  a  ra  ble 
eop  u  la  tive 
per  i&Jd  a  bfe 


or  di  na  ry 
pas  sion  ate  ly 
rep  n  ta  ble 
sol  i  ta  ry 
ter  ri  to  ry 
val  u  a  ble 
nt  ter  a  ble 
or  a  to  ry 
com  mis  sa  ry 

pen  e  tra  ble 
pros  e  cu  tor 
va  ri  ons  ly 
©red  it  a  ble 
tran  si  to  ry 
a  mi  a  ble 
ob  du  ra  cy 
sea  son  a  ble 
crit  i  cal  ly 
con  qner  a  ble 


SPELLER    AND    BEADEK. 


5Y 


pat  ri  mo  ny 
an  swer  a  ble 
^       cor  di  al  ly 
ser  vice  a  bly 
ad  ver  sa  ry 
ex  e  era  ble 
C118  torn  a  ry 
mat  ri  mo  ny 
necessary 
ac  ces  so  ry 

cat  er  pil  lar 
dam  age  a  ble 
ef  ^  ca  cy 
gen  tie  wo  man 
hon  our  a  ble 
in  ti  ma  cy 
lit  e  ra  ture 
meas  ur  a  ble 
pal  at  a  ble 
sec  re  ta  ry 
Yi  o  la  ble 


pur  ga  to  ry 
el  i  gi  ble 
prom  is  so  ry 
nu  me  ra  ble 
■  com  mon  al  ty 
mill  ti  pli  er 
dis  pu  ta  ble 
con  tro  ver  sy 
mis  e  ra  ble 
ac  cu  rate  ly 

char  it  a  ble 
ex  quis  ite  ly 
liab  it  a  ble 
lu  mi  na  ry 
mem  o  ra  ble 
pen  sion  a  ry 
rea  son  a  ble 
stat  n  a  ry 
va  ri  a  ble 
ar  ro  gant  ly 
conr  te  oxis  ly 


58 


SPELLEK    AND    EEADER. 


par  don  a  ble 
tern  po  ra  ry 
pref  er  a  ble 
com  men  ta  ry 
war  rant  a  ble 
ap  o  plex  y 
prac  ti  ca  ble 


com  for  ta  bl) 
vir  tu  al  ly 
ad  mi  ra  ble 
sub  lu  na  ry 
com  pe  ten  cy 
mel  an  cliol  y 
spec  u  la  tive 


Blessed  is  lie  that  considereth  the  poor ; 
the  Lord  will  deliver  him  in  time  of  trouble. 


SPELLER    AND  READEK.  59 

A  PRETTY  THING. 

Who  am  I  that  shine  so  bright, 
With  my  pretty  yellow  light, 
Peeping  through  yonr  curtains  grey  ? 
Tell  me,  little  girl,  I  pray. 

When  the  sun  is  gone,  I  rise, 
In  the  very  silent  skies ; 
And  a  cloud  or  two  doth  skim 
Round  about  my  silver  rim. 

All  the  little  stars  do  seem 
Hidden  by  my  brighter  beam ; 
And  among  them  I  do  ride, 
Like  a  queen  in  all  her  pride. 

Little  girl,  consider  well. 
Who  this  simple  tale  doth  tell ; 
And  I  think  you'll  guess  it  soon, 
For  I  only  am  the  Moon. 


60 


SPELLER   AND    READER. 


The  accent  on  the  last  syllable. 


Ap  per  tain 
tliere  a  bout 
ev  er  more 
o  ver  flow 
in  di  rect 
dis  a  gree 
rec  on  cile 
o  ver  look 
in  ter  line 

sn  per  fine 
o  ver  turn 
mis  in  form 
un  der  mine 
dis  o  blige 
dis  al  low 
o  ver  take 
un  der  stand 
im  por  tune 
in  ter  fere 
o  ver  {hrow 


sev  en  teen 
dis  o  bey 
un  be  lief 
here  up  on 
com  pre  tend 
o  ver  grown 
in  dis  creet 
dis  re  gard 
dis  ap  point 

dis  com  pose 
in  ter  cede 
in  dis  pose 
in  cor  rect 
in  ter  mix 
ap  pre  hend 
o  ver  run 
dis  es  teem 
dis  pos  sess 
in  ter  cept 
o  ver  bornp 


con  tra  diet 
vi  o  lin 
gren  a  dier 
af  ter  noon 
mis  be  liave 
here  to  fore 
car  a  van 
rep  ri  mand 
o  ver  cast 

yes  ter  niglit 
dis  ap  pear 
con  de  scend 
rec  om  mend 
o  ver  come 
vol  un  teer 
in  so  much 
rep  re  kend 
mis  ap  ply 
su  per  scribe 
dis  be  lief 


SPELLER   AND    READER. 


61: 


The  accent  on  the 

Al  plia  bet  i  cal 
cer  e  mo  ni  al 
dis  a  gree  a  ble 
ex  com  mu  ni  cate 
fal  li  bil  i  ty 
ge  o  graph  i  cal 
lib  er  al  i  ty  ' 
in  ex  pres  si  ble 
gen  e  al  o  gy 


in  sig  nif  i  cant 
prob  a  bil  i  ty 
a  rith  met  i  cal 
rec  on  ci  la  ble 
min  is  te  ri  al 
in  fi  del  i  ty 
hyp  o  crit  i  cal 
im  mor  tal  i  ty 
mat  ri  mo  ni  al 
dis  o  be  di  ence 


third  syllaUe. 

hos  pi  tal  i  ty 
im  por  tu  ni  ty 
jus  ti  fi  a  ble 
mer  i  to  ri  ous 
op  por  tu  ni  ty 
phi  lo  soph  i  cal 
per  pen  die  u  lar 
im  ma  te  ri  al 
in  con  ceiv  a  ble 


cat  e  chet  i  cal 
in  e  qual  i  ty 
ge  o  met  ri  cal 
in  ci  vil  i  ty 
chro  no  lo  gi  cal 
im  pro  pri  e  ty 
rep  re  sen  ta  tive 
a  pos  tol  i  cal 
in  sup  port  a  ble 
man  u  fac  to  rv 


62  SPELLEE    AND    REABEE. 

in  ge  uu  i  ty  gen  e  ral  i  ty 

e  van  gel  i  cal  in  ter  me  di  ate 

in  Von  sid  er  ate  mis  eel  la  ne  ous 

pop  ii4ar  i  ty  in  con  so  la  ble 

nn  ac  conn  ta  ble  con  tu  me  li  ous 

sen  su  al  i  ty  ir  re  sis  ti  ble 

ac  a  dem  i  cal  an  ni  ver  sa  ry 

u  ni  for  mi  ty  cer  e  mo  ni  ons 

su  per  nat  u  ral  in  ex  cu  sa  ble 

u  ni  ver  si  ty  in  dis  pen  sa  ble 

cu  ri  OS  i  ty  am  bi  gu  i  ty 

cir  cu  la  to  ry  cus  tom  a  ri  ly 

ded  i  ca  to  ry  ex  pi  a  to  ry 

fig  u  ra  tive  ly  ju  di  ca  to  ry 

or  di  na  ri  ly  ap  pli  ca  to  ry 

sup  pli  ca  to  ry  pos  tu  la  to  ry 

vol  un  ta  ri  ly  spir  it  u  al  ly 

Silk  is  the  .produce  of  a  worm  called  the 
silk-worm :  tliey  are  raised  in  warm  coun- 
tries, and  fed  on  the  leaves  of  the  white 
mulberry. 


SPELLER   AND   EEADEE.  68 

THE  STUDIOUS  BOY, 

Peter  Thinkwell  is  fond  of  his  studies. 
He  does  not  mean  to  be  a  fool,  but  intends 
to  do  some  thing  in  the  world. 

A  great  man  says,  "I  was  riding  one 
day,  and  I  met,  every  Jittle  while,  some 
small  stream,  and  they  were  all  going  the 
same  way.  At  last,  I  asked  one  where  he 
was  going.  *  Why,'  said  the  little  rill,  *  I 
am  going  to  the  city.  I  hear  they  want  a 
great  canal  there,  and  I  am  going  to  help 
make  it.'  '  Why,  what  can  you  do  ?  I  can 
step  over  you.'  '  I  don't  know,'  said  the 
little  rill,  '  but  I  shall  be  there.'  I  came 
to  another,  and  another,  and  they  all  said 
the  same  thing.  They  did  not  know  what 
they  could  do,  but  all  meant  to  do  some- 
thing. 

"  I  went  to  the  city,  and  I  found  running 
by  its  side  a  mighty  river.     The  canal  was 


64 


SPELLEK   AND    READER. 


made,  and  bore  on  its  bosom  mighty  steam 
ships  and  the  wealth  of  nations.  It  was 
all  made  by  the  little  streams." 

Thus,  each  one  in  this  world  helps  to 
make  the  grand  tide  of  life,  and  fills  some 
space  in  the  vast  stream,  as  it  rushes  on  to 
the  ocean  of  eternity. 

TOBACCO. 

Tobacco  is  a 
native  of  Ame- 
rica; as  a  medi- 
cine, it  is  use- 
ful;  b  u  t  t  h  e 
health  of  many 
is  much  impail'- 
ed  by  too  free- 
ly making  use 
of  it,  in  smoking,  chewing,  and  snuffing ; 
and  much  time  "and  money  are  expended 
in  this  way,  that  might  be  better  appro- 
priated. 


SPELLER   A'ND   EEADEE. 


65 


The  accent  on  the  second  syllable. 


Afar 

ca  noe 

bas  soon 

di  vulge 

liar  angue 

con  dense 

ab  stract 

a  gliast 

ca  lash 

de  pict 

re  hearse 

be  siege 

as  pire 

bur  lesque 

e  clipse 

ac  count 

quad  rille 

gro  tesque 

pro  rogue 

en  rich 

ex  ptmge 

bo  Ilea 

ca  rouse 

sug  gest 

e  quip 

prefix 

a  byss 

ga  zette 

u  sur]) 

de  duce 

af  front 

de  serve 

e  nough 

bom  bast 

af  fright 

de  sert 

un  furl 

dis  cern 

ca  ress 

dis  burse 

a  midst 

a  bash 

pre  diet 

in  stead 

be  hoove 

ca  tarrb 

ex  ult 

con  dign 

an  nounce 

con  demn 

forth  with 

dis  tinct 

a  stray- 

con  sign 

a  breast 
5 

ex  tinct 

re  lapse 

^6 


SPELLEK   AND   KEADEK. 


The  accent  on  the  first  syllable, 

Cit  i  zen  zo  di  ac 

syn  the  sis  stig  ma  tize 

CO  gen  cy  post  liu  mous 

di  a  logue  di  a  pliragm 

va  ri  ons  fo  li  age 

a  gen  cy     ~  sol  e  cism 

cliron  i  cle  nn  tri  tive 

beau  te  ous  cog  ni  zance 

liii  mor  some  psalm  o  dy 


rliea  ma  tism  ► 
prom  i  nent 
frol  ick  some 
Ion  gi  tude 
di  a  lect 
clior  is  ter 
voc  a  tive 
cur  va  tive 
liy  a  cintli 
mon  ar  cliy 


fu  gi  tive 
pros  o  dy 
dis  so  nant 
pa  geant  ry 
boist  er  ous 
fu  mi  gate 
voy  ager 
oys  ter  man 
au  tlior  ize 
col  o  quy 


SPELLER   AND    EEADER.  6t 

THE  LITTLE  LARK. 

I  hear  a  pretty  bird,  but  bark  ! 

I  cannot  see  it  anywhere, 
Oh  !  it  is  a  little  lark, 

Singing  in  the  morning  air. 
Little  lark,  do  tell  me  why 
You  are  singing  in  the  sky  I 

'Tis  to  watch  the  silver  star, 
Sinking  slowly  in  the  skies  ; 

And  beyond  the  mountain  far, 
See  the  glorious  sun  arise : 

Little  lady,  this  is  why 

I  am  mounted  up  so  high. 

'T  is  to  sing  a  merry  song, 

To  the  pleasant  morning  light : 

Why  stay  in  my  nest  so  long, 
When  the  sun  is  shining  bright  ? 

Little  lady,  this  is  why 

I  sing  so  early  in  the  sky. 

To  the  little  birds  below, 

I  do  sing  a  merry  tune ; 
And  I  let  the  ploughman  know 

He  must  come  to  labour  soon. 
Little  lady,  this  is  why 
I  am  pinging  in  the  sky. 


6S 


SPELLER   AND   READER. 


The  accent  on  the  second  syllable. 
Noc  tur  nal  em  bez  zle 


pre  sump  tive 
re  pug  Bant 
era  bra  sure 
fan  tas  tic 
o  bei  sance 
pie  be  ian 
sub  poe  na 
la  con  ic 

mo  lass  es 
vo  li  tion 
dog  mat  ic 
ap  pel  lant 
ere  den  tial 
al  lu  sion 
pro  vin  cial 
ex  cres  cence 
hys  ter  ics 
se  ques  ter 


au  turn  nal 
e  nig  ma 
cour  age  ous 
dis  ci  pie 
a  sy  lum 
by  e  na 
re  pul  sive 
a  cros  tic 

spec  ta  tor 
sen  ten  tious 
tran  scend  ent 
ca  tbe  dral 
de  lin  quent 
pro  lif  ic 
a  chieve  ment 
ec  cen  trie 
ath  let  ic 


ma  gi  cian 


SPELLEE    AWD   READER. 


69 


The  accent  on  the  third  syllable. 


O  ver  seer 
CO  in  cide 
dis  u  nite 
re  in  force 
in  ter  leave 
guar  an  tee 
auc  tion  eer 
quar  an  tine 
in  com  mode 

o  ver  head 
pic  tu  resque 
con  tra  vene 
cir  cum  scribe 
in  ter  sperse 
su  per  scribe 
pi  o  neer 
ob  li  gee 
sub  di  vide 
dis  em  bogue 


mag  a  zme 
dev  o  tee 
ac  qui  esce 
con  de  scend 
dis  ha  bille 
man  u  mit 
as  cer  tain 
su  per  sede 
pre  ma  ture 

gaz  et  teer 
coun  ter  mand 
pre  pos  sess 
cir  cum  volve 
am  bus  cade 
coun  ter  vail 
rep  re  sent 
in  ter  lard 
en  gin  eer 
as  sign  ee 


TO  SPELLEK   AND   KEADEK. 

THE  JACKKNIFE. 

GEORaE,  Mother,  and  Mr.  T. 

G-eorge,  0  mother,  I  have  got  a  jackknife; 
just  such  a  one  as  I  have  wanted  this  some  time. 
[^Shows  the  knife  to  his  mother. 

Mother.     Where  did  you  get  it,  my  son  ? 

G-eorge,  As  I  was  going  to  school,  I  saw  it 
lying  on  the  ground  before  me,  and  I  picked  it 
up.     Is  it  not  pretty  ? 

Mother.     Yes  ;  but  are  you  sure  it  is  yours  ? 

George.  There,  mother,  that  is  what  I  thought 
you  would  say  to  me. 

Mother.     Then  you  did  not  feel  quite  sure  ? 

George.     No,  I  did  not,  for  I  saw  Mr.  T 

using  one  in  school  yesterday  that  very  much  re- 
sembled this ;  and,  mother,  there  are  the  initials 
S.  T.,  on  one  side  of  this  knife. 

Mother.  Those  are  his  initials :  why  did  you 
not  go  to  him  and  ask  him  if  it  was  his  ? 

George.  At  first  I  thought  I  would  ;  and  then 
I  thought  how  much  I  wanted  a  knife,  and  the 
advantages  of  having  one,  till  it  almost  seemed 


SPELLER    AND    READER.  %1 

right  for  me  to  keep  it ;  but  it  did  not  seem  quite 
right ;  and  I  was  not  decided  what  to  do  when  I 
got  to  school,  and  several  times  this  forenoon  I 
have  thought  about  the  knife  ;  and  the  more  I 
wanted  to  keep  it,  the  louder  did  my  conscience 
tell  me  it  was  wrong. 

Mother,  I  am  glad,  my  son,  that  you  did  not 
think  it  was  right  to  keep  it.  But  I  am  sorry  you 
did  not  return  it  this  forenoon,  as  you  will  not 
have  another  opportunity  till  Monday,  unkss  you 
carry  it  to  his  house  this  afternoon. 

George.  I  should  have  returned  it,  but  it  was 
so  pretty,  and  it  seemed  so  hard  to  give  it  up 
then.  But  now  I  have  thought  more  about  it,  it 
does  not  seem  so  hard ;  for  I  can  do  without  a 
knife  at  present,  and  perhaps  by  the  time  I  need 
one,  I  shall  have  one.     And  if  you  are  willing,  I 

should  like  to  go  to  Mr.  T 's  house  and  return 

it ;  for  I  think  he  may  want  it. 

3Iother.  I  am  not  only  willing,  but  glad  to 
have  you  return  it.  You  may  go  now  if  you  like. 
{^Goc8  out.  Mr.  T,  goes  on  to  the  stage.  G-eorge 
returns  to  the  stage,  and  says  to  Mr.  T .^ 

George.     Here  is  your  knife,  Mr.  T.,  I  found 


72  SPELLEP.   AND    EEADER. 

it  in  the  road  when  I  came  to  school  this  morn- 
ing. 

Mr,  T.  Thank  joii,  George  ;  I  am  very  glad 
to  find  it.  I  was  afraid  it  would  not  be  found,  and 
I  am  glad  to  see  you  so  honest. 

George,  0  sir,  I  was  not  very  honest.  I  did 
want  to  keep  it  very  much. 

31r.  T,     Why  did  you  not  then  ? 

G-eorge.  I  thought  about  it  this  forenoon,  and 
this  noon,  and  came  to  the  conclusion  it  was  not 
mine,  and  I  had  no  right  to  keep  it. 

Mr,  T,  That  was  the  way  to  do  :  never  make 
a  hasty  act,  for  by  so  doing  you  may  oftentimes 
do  wrong.     Always  stop  to  think. 

\M.r.  T,  takes  a  knife  out  of  Ms  pockety  and  saySy 

Here,  George,  take  this  knife,  which  is  exactly 
like  the  one  you  have  so  wished  to  keep ;  and 
whenever  you  use  it,  may  you  always  remember 
that  "honesty  is  the  best  policy." 

Creorge.  Thank  you,  sir.  I  do  not  think  I 
shall  forget  it. 

Mr,  T,     Good  by,  George. 

G-eorge.     Good  by,  sir» 


SPELLEP.   AND    READER. 


78 


A  vi  a  ry 
con  scion  a  ble 


ig  no  mm  y 
tem  per  a  tm'e 
nav  i  ga  ble 
op  er  a  tive 
vir  u  lent  ly 
nee  ro  man  cei 
an  ti  qua  ry 


The  accent  on  the  first  syllahle. 

lap  i  da  ry 
ven  e  ra  ble 
pas  sion  ate  ly 
ex  pli  ca  tive 
crim  i  nal  ly 
ar  clii  tec  ture 
sta  tion  a  ry 
su  per  a  ble 
nom  i  na  tive 


fash  ion  a  l)le 
pat  ri  mo  ny 
vir  tu  al  ly 
tol  er  a  ble 
ag  ri  cnl  ture 
pen  sion  a  ry 
whim  si  cal  ly 
tab  er  na  ele 
ac  ri  mo  ny 
pref  er  a  ble 


die  tion  a  ry 
vul  ner  a  ble 
^g  u  ra  tive 
mar  riage  a  ble 
par  si  mo  ny 
el  i  gi  ble 
punc  tu  al  ly 
du  bi  ous  ly 
pal  li  a  tive 
au  di  to  ry 


74 


SPELLER    AND   HEADER. 


The  accent 

Dox  ol  o  gy 
re  spoil  si  ble 
the  ol  o  gy 
a  poc  a  lypse 
pre  die  a  ment 
fa  cil  i  ty 
con  tig  u  ous 
a  men  a  He 
sa  lu  bri  ous 

a  poc  ry  plia 
in  tu  i  tive 
ter  ra  que  ous 
am  phib  i  ous 
ca  lum  ni  ate 
phle  bot  o  my 
by  potb  e  sis 
ma  bog  a  ny 
al  le  vi  ate 
con  tern  pla  tive 


on  the  second  syllable. 

me  trop  o  lis 
con  cu  pis  cence 
an  ni  bi  late 
vo  cif  e  rous 
sten  og  ra  pby 
cor  rob  o  rate 
a  non  y  mous 
sa  tir  i  cal 
to  pog  ra  pby 

as  trol  o  gy 
dis  cer  ni  bly 
ar  tic  n  late 
ma  li  cious  ly 
com  pas  sion  ate 
an  da  cious  ly 
cos  mog  ra  pby 
e  con  o  my 
CO  ag  n  late 
or  tbog  ra  pby 


SrELLEPv   AND    KEADEE.  75 

AN  EASY  WAY  TO  SETTLE  A  QUARREL. 
Frank,  his  Father,  and  John. 

Frank.  Father,  John  White  has  broken 
my  kite.  I  think  he  is  the  meanest  boy  I 
ever  saw. 

Father,  I  am  sorry,  my  son,  to  hear  you 
speak  so  about  such  a  little  matter ;  you 
know,  Frank,  that  John  has  no  one  to  tell 
him  any  better,  and  you  ought  to  feel  sorry 
for  him.     Did  he  do  it  on  purpose  ? 

Frank,  Y^es,  sir.  I  was  flying  it,  but  the 
wind  was  too  strong  for  the  line,  which 
broke,  and  it  fell  among  a  number  of  boys, 
among  which  was  John,  who  took  it  and 
broke  it,  and  then  sent  back  word  of  what 
he  had  done,  and  that  if  I  would  come 
over,  he  would  serve  me  the  same. 

Father.  If  all  that  you  say  is  true,  it  is 
no  reason  why  you  should  speak  of  him  as 
you  did. 

Frank.  I  was  angry,  then,  father.  I 
spoke  before  I  thought. 


Yfi  SPELLER   AND   READER. 

Fatlier,  Be  careful  hencefortli,  and  al- 
ways stop  to  think  before  speaking  in  tliat 
manner.  If,  Frank,  you  will  do  as  I  tell 
you  to,  I  think  you  can  settle  the  affair  very 
easily. 

Fnaiik.  I  will  most  gladly,  father.  "What 
is  it  ? 

Father,  You  remember  that  new  kite 
which  I  made  for  you,  which  you  have  not 
yet  used  :  you  can  carry  it  over  to  John  as 
a  present.  He  has  no  one  to  make  kites 
for  him. 

Franh.  Shall  I  go  now,  father  ?  But 
how  do  I  know  he  will  take  it  kindly  ? 

Father,  You  must  not  think  of  that,  my 
son. 

FranTc,    I  will  go  now ;  may  I  not,  father  ? 

Father,  Yes.  I  do  not  need  you  at  pres- 
ent ;  do  not  stop  long,  however.  [  Exit  Frank, 

\John  goes  on  the  stage,  Frank  returns 
with  his  kite, 

Franh.  Good  morning,  John :  here  is  a 
new  kite,  which  I  will  give  you. 


SPELLER   AND    READER.  77 

Jolin.  Wliy  do  you  give  it  to  me  ?  I 
slioulcl  not  think  you  would,  for  I  broke 
yours  last  night. 

Frank,  That  is  the  reason  I  gave  it  to 
you,  to  show  you  that  I  did  not  care  for  the 
kite,  and  that  I  was  not  offended  with  you. 

John.  Frank,  you  make  me  ashamed  of 
myself  for  doing  as  I  did.  Will  you  for- 
give me  ? 

FranJc.  It  is  already  forgiven,  John.  I 
must  go  home  now,  for  I  told  father  I  would 
not  stop.     Will  you  not  accept  the  kite  ? 

John.  Thank  you,  Frank.  I  will  accept 
it  as  a  gift  from  you,  and  every  time  I  fly 
it,  it  will  make  me  think  of  the  one  who 
gave  it  to  me. 

Frank,     Good  by,  John. 


IS 


SPELLER   AND    REABEK. 


The  accent  on 

Ar  o  mat  ic 
rep  e  ti  tion 
al  le  gor  ic 
e  van  gel  ic 
ef  fer  ves  cence 
ig  no  ra  mus 
su  do  rif  ic 
cir  cum  ja  cent 
sac  ri  le  gioiis 


vir  til  o  so 
cir  cum  stan  tial 
an  i  mal  cule 
met  a  phys  ics 
nom  en  cla  ture 
ad  ven  ti  tious 
sper  ma  ce  ti 
der  e  lie  tion 
al  ge  bra  ic 
in  ca  pa  cious 


tJie  third  syllable, 

man  i  fes  to 
ap  pa  ra  tus 
ex  hi  bi  tion 
con  tu  ma  cious 
sal  a  man  der 
pes  ti  len  tial 
in  u  en  do 
con  va  les  cenee 
ac  a  demic 


ad  a  man  tine 
syc  o  phan  tic 
in  flu  en  tial 
rliet  o  ri  cian 
the  o  ret  ic 
met  a  mor  pbus 
be  a  tif  ic 
ac  qui  es  cence 
e  van  es  cent 
ipre  ter  per  feet 


SPELLER    AND    HEADER.  ^9 


The  accent  on  the  second  syllable. 

Ob  lig  a  to  ry  la  bo  ri  ous  ly 

com  mu  ni  ca  ble  in  suf  fer  a  ble     - 

gra  til  i  tons  ly  im  pen  i  tent  ly 

in  du  bit  a  bly  com  mn  ni  ca  tive 
de  rog  a  to  ry               '  re  mn  ne  ra  tive 

ob  se  qui  ous  ly  fan  tas  ti  cal  ly 

me  lo  di  ous  ly  in  cor  ri  gi  ble 

in  dis  so  lu  ble  mag  nif  i  cent  ly 

ex  plan  a  to  ry  in  ter  min  a  ble 

dis  in  ter  est  ed  re  pos  i  to  ry 

in  cend  i  a  ry  a  bom  i  na  bly 

pa  tliet  ic  al  ly  ma  te  ri  al  ly 

for  tu  i  tons  ly  fe  lo  ni  ous  ly 

e  pis  to  la  ry  iu  del  i  ca  cy 

in  vet  er  a  cy  im  mod  er  ate  ly 

vo  cab  u  la  ry  be  ro  ic  al  ly 

her  ed  it  a  ry  vo  lup  tu  a  ry 

pe  cu  ni  a  ry  con  fed  er  a  cy 

■^vixni  mat  ic  al  ly  liar  mo  ni  ous  ly 


80  SPELLER   AKB   READER. 

THE  LITTLE  HUSBANDMAN. 

I'm  a  little  husbandman ; 
Work  and  labor  hard  I  can  ; 
Tm  as  happy  all  the  day 
At  my  work,  as  if  'twere  play : 
Though  IVe  nothing  fine  to  wear, 
Yet  for  that  I  do  not  care. 

When  to  work  I  go  along, 
Singing  loud  my  morning  song, 
W^ith  my  wallet  at  my  back, 
Or  my  wagon  whip  to  smack, 
O,  I  am  as  happy  then 
As  any  idle  gentlemen. 

IVe  a  hearty  appetite, 
And  I  soundly  sleep  at  night, 
Down  I  lie,  content  to  say, 
"  I've  been  useful  all  the  day." 
I'd  rather  be  a  ploughboy  than 
A  useless  little  gentleman. 


iPELLER   AND    READER.  M 


ABBREVIATIONS. 

A.  or  A  lis.     AnsAver. 

A.  B.  or  B.  A.     Bachelor  of  Arts, 

Abp.     Archbishop. 

A.  M.  or  M.  A.     Master  of  Arts. 

A.  M.     In  the  year  of  the  world,  or  before  noon. 

A.  D.     Anno  Domini,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord. 

A.  A.  S.     Fellow  of  the  American  Academy. 
Adml.     Admiral. 

Admrs.     Administrators. 
Acct.     Account. 

B.  D.     Bachelor  of  Divinity. 
Bp.     Bishop. 

Bart.     Baronet. 

B.  V.     Blessed  Virgin. 

C.  Cent,  Centum,  an  Hundred. 
Capt.     Captain. 

Cr.     Creditor. 

Col.     Colonel. 

Co.     Company. 

Com.     Commissioner. 

Cwt.     An  hundred  weight. 

C.  P.  S.     Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal. 

C.  S.     Keeper  of  the  Seal. 

D.  D.     Doctor  of  Divinity. 
Dr.     Doctor,  or  Debtor. 
Dd.     Delivered. 

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82  SPELLER   AND    READEE. 

Esq.     Esquire. 

E.  G.     For  example. 

F.  L.  S.     Fellow  of  the  Linnean  Society. 

F.  A.  S.     Fellow  of  the  Antiquarian  Society. 

F.  E.  S.     Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society. 

G.  R.     George  the  King. 
Gent.     Gentleman. 
Genmo.     Generalissimo. 
Hon.     Honourable. 

lb.  or  Ibid.     The  same  place. 

i.  d.     The  same. 

i.  e.     That  is. 

J.  H.  S.     Jesus  the  Saviour  of  men. 

C.  S.  A.     Confederate  States  of  America, 

L.  D.     Doctor  of  Law. 

Kt.     Knight. 

Lieut.     Lieutenant. 

L.  S.     Place  of  the  Seal. 

LL.D.     Doctor  of  Laws. 

M.  D.     Doctor  of  Physic. 

Mr.     Mister. 

Mrs.     Mistress. 

M.  S.     Sacred  to  the  Memory. 

M.  P.     Member  of  Parliament. 

MS.     Manuscript. 

MSS.     Manuscripts. 

Math.     Mathematics. 

Madm.     Madam. 

N.  P.     Mark  well  or  take  notice. 


SPELLER    AND   READER.  83 

No.     Number. 

N.  S.     New  Style. 

0.  S.     Old  Style. 

Per  cent.     By  the  hundred. 

P.  M.  G.     Professor  of  Music,  Gresham  College. 

P.  S.     Postscript. 

P.  M.     Afternoon. 

Q.     Queen,  Questipn. 

q.  d.     As  if  he  should  say. 

q.  1.     As  much  as  you  please. 

q.  s.     A  sufficient  quantity. 

Rev.     Reverend. 

Rt.  Hon.     Right  Honourable; 

St.     Saint. 

5.  T.  P.     Professor  of  Divinity. 
Servt.     Servant. 

U.  S.  A.     United  States  of  America. 

Ult.     The  last. 

Y.     Vide,  See,  Note. 

Viz.  for  Videlicet,  that  is  to  say. 

Xt.     Christ. 

Xtn.     Christian. 

6.  And. 

&c.,  et  cetera^  and  so  forth. 


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STOPS  AND  MARKS. 
A  Gomma  is  marked  thus 
A  Semicolon 
A  Colon 

A  Period,  or  full  stop 
A  Note  of  Interrogation 
A  Note  of  Admiration 
,    A  Parenthesis 
Crotchets  or  Brackets 
An  Apostrophe 
An  Asterisk 
A  Caret 
A  Dash 
A  Hyphen 
An  Index 
An  Obelisk  f 

A  Paragraph  T[ 

A  Quotation  " 

A  Section  ^  § 

A  Brace  I 

The  reader  will  pause  or  stop  at  the  comma,  till 
he  can  say  one  ;  at  the  semicolon,  one,  two ;  at 
the  colon,  one,  two,  three ;  at  the  period,  note  of 
interrogation,  and  admiration,  one,  two,  three,  four; 


SPELLER   AND    READER. 


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FIGURES  AND  NUMBERS. 


One 

1 

I 

Two 

2 

II 

Three 

3 

III 

Four 

4 

IV 

Five 

5 

V 

Six 

6 

VI 

Seven 

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VII 

Eight 

8 

VIII 

Nine 

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IX 

Ten 

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X 

Eleven 

11 

XI 

Twelve 

12 

XII 

Thirteen 

13 

xm 

Fourteen 

14 

XIV 

Fifteen 

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XV 

Sixteen 

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Seventeen 

IT 

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Eighteen 

18 

XVIII 

Nineteen 

19 

XTX 

Twenty 

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XX 

Twenty-five 

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Thirty 

30 

XXX 

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Thirty-five 

35 

XXXV 

Forty 

40 

XL 

Forty-five 

45 

XT,V 

Fifty 

50 

L 

Fifty-five 

^5 

LV 

Sixty 

60 

LX 

Sixty-five 

65 

LXV 

Seventy 

70 

LXX 

Seventy-five 

75 

LXXV 

Eighty 

80 

LXXX 

Eighty-five 

85 

LXXXV 

Ninety 

90 

XC 

Ninety-  five 

95 

XCV 

Ninety-nine 

99 

XCIX 

One  hundred 

100 

C 

Two  hundred 

200 

CO 

Three  hundred 

300 

ccc 

Four  hundred 

400 

cccc 

Five  hundred 

500 

D 

Six  hundred 

600 

DC 

Seven  hundred 

700 

DCO 

Eight  hundred 

800 

DCCC 

Nine  hundred 

900 

DCCCC 

One  thousand 

1000 

M 

One  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty-six ;  1826, 
MDCCCXXVI. 


SPELLEK   AIn^B   reader.  6» 


ISABEL. 

I  wisli  I  were  a  butterfly, 

Said  little  Isabel ; 
What  pretty  tales  of  summer  flowers 

I  to  my  friends  would  tell ! 

rd  never  rest  upon  a  rose, 

A  tulip,  or  a  pink ; 
But  of  their  varied  hues  and  tints 

I  afterwards  would  think. 

rd  rove  from  morn  to  setting  sun. 

And  never  stop  to  rest, 
Unless  it  were  on  some  sweet  fl.ower, 

That  I  might  love  the  best. 

To  rest  upon  a  deep-red  rose, 
Would  give  me  great  delight ; 

But  then  rd  love  as  well  to  rest 
Upon  a  rose  that's  white. 


88  SPELLER   AiSTD    READER. 

The  lilly  and  the  primrose  pale, 

The  violet  so  blue, 
I'd  stop  and  give  to  each  a  kiss, 

As  onward  still  I  ilew. 

I  think  you  told  me  once,  mamma,  • 
That  up  where  shines  the  star, 

There  is  a  world  of  fadeless  flowers,- 
More  sweet  than  these  by  far ; — 

And  children  who  are  good  and  pure 
May  rove  amongst  them  free : 

O,  if  I  were  but  there,  mamma, 
How  happy  I  should  be ! 


Note. — Kwould  appear  silly  for  a  person  really  to  wish 
to  be  a  butterfly.  In  this  case,  we  are  only  to  considei- 
Isabel  as  indulging  a  momentary  fancy,  and  not  as  express- 
ing a  settled  and  mature  desire. 


\^  ■^  \^  M^^j 


BPELLEK    AND    liEABElI.  89 

/ 

THE  BOY  THAT  COULD  NOT  READ. 

There  was  once  a  little  boy  who  was  tra- 
velling over  a  country  where  there  were  no 
houses.  At  length  he  came  to  a  place  where 
the  road  divided  into  two  paths,  one  lead- 
ing to  Boston,  the  other  to  Salem. 

By  the  way-side  there  was  a  post  set  up, 
and  on  this  post  was  a  board,  and  on  this 
board  were  some  letters,  to  show  travellers 
which  road  led  to  Boston,  and  which  to 
Salem. 

The  little  boy  wished  to  go  to  Boston, 
and  was  very  anxious  to  knovv^  which  of  the 
two  roads  led  to  that  city ;  but,  alas !  he 
could  not  read. 

He  looked  up  at  the  guide-board  for  a 
long  time,  and  said  to  himself,  as  follows : 
"  I  wish  I  could  read ;  I  could  then  tell 
Avhich  road  to  take. 

It   is  now   almost  dark ;    if  I  take  the 


90  SPELLER   AND    EEADER. 

wrong  road,  I  stall  not  get  to  Boston  tb- 
niglit ;  I  liave  no  money,  and  I  must  stay 
on  tlie  road  till  I  reacli  home." 

The  little  Loy  then  looked  again  at  the 
guide-board,  and  again  he  said,  "Would 
that  I  could  read.  I  could  then  tell  which 
way  to  go." 

I  beg  my  young  readers  will  all  recollect 
this  little  story,  and  let  them  all  learn  how 
to  read.  It  will  cost  them  some  study;  but 
a  person  who  does  not  learn  to  read,  often 
goes  through  the  world,  like  the  little  boy 
on  his  journey,  without  knowing  whether 
he  is  on  the  right  road  or  the  wrong  one. 


MORE  ABOUT  THE  BOY  THAT  COULD 
NOT  READ. 

I  suppose  you  would  be" glad  to  hear  the 
rest  of  the  story  of  the  boy  that  could  not 
read.     I  will  now  tell  it  to  you. 

After  waiting  at  the  guide-post  for  a  long 


BPJiLLEK   AND    HEADER.  91 

time,  he  chose  the  right-hand  road,  hoping 
that  it  might  prove  the  true  one.  He  then 
trotted  along  very  fast,  for  it  was  now  near 
sunset. 

In  a  short  time,  it  was  quite  dark.  The 
clouds  were  thick  and  heavy,  and  it  soon 
began  to  rain.  The  boy  pushed  on,  how- 
ever, hoping  all  the  while  that  he  should 
meet  somebody  that  could  tell  him  if  he 
was  on  the  right  road  or  not. 

But  it  was  a  long  time  before  any  one 
came  along,  and  all  this  while  the  little 
traveller  was  wishing  that  he  had  learned 
to  read. 

"My  father,"  said  he  to  himself,  "has 
often  desired  me  to  go  to  school ;  but  I 
loved  to  play  about  the  streets  much  bet- 
ter than  to  sit  on  a  bench,  and  gaze  into  a 
book. 

"  And  now  I  am  punished  for  my  disobe- 
dience and  my  folly.  A  person  who  will 
not  learn  to  read  can  do  but  little,  and  very 


yii  SPELLER,  AND    EEADEE. 

often  in  life  lie  must  be  in  douljt  whetlier 
lie  takes  tlie  light  road  or  the  wrong  one. 
If  I  can  get  home  again,  I  will  certainly 
learn  to  read." 

The  boy  now  met  a  man  on  horseback,  ^ 
and  asked  him  if  he  was  on  the  road  to 
Boston.  "  No,"  said  the  stranger,  "  this  is 
the  turnpike  road  to  Salem.  Yon  must 
turn  and  go  back  thiee  miles,  to  find  the 
Boston  road." 

The  little  boy  now  went  back  to  the 
guide-board  and  then  took  the  right  hand 
road,  which  led  him  to  Boston.  But  he 
did  not  get  there  till  morning.  This  affair, 
however,  taught  him  a  good  lesson. 

"  I  see  now,"  said  he,  "  that  it  is  a  great 
tiling  to  know  how  to  read.  He  who  can 
read  will  get  knowledge  that  will  save  him 
much  time  and  trouble.  Books  are  like 
guide-boards,  and  they  shovv'  us  the  w^ay  to 
go, 

''  But  we  must  learn  to  read,  or  the  books 


SPELLER   AND   READER.  ^o 

are  as  useless  as  the  guide-board  was  to 
me."  Witli  these  wise  thouglits,  the  boy 
turned  to  his  books,  and  soon  became  a 
good  scholar. 

JACK  PEOST. 

Who  hath  killed  the  smiling  flowers, 
Once  so  fair  in  yonder  bowers  ? 
Who  hath  ta'en  away  their  bloom? 
Who  hath  swept  them  to  the  tomb  ? 
Jack  Frost — Jack  Frost. 

Who  hath  chased  the  birds  so  gay, 
Lark  and  linnet,  all  away? 
Who  hath  hushed  their  joyous  breath  ? 
And  made  the  woodland  still  as  death? 
Jack  Frost — Jack  Frost. 

Who  hath  chilled  the  romping  river  ? 
Who  doth  make  the  old  oak  shiver  ? 
Who  hath  wrapped  the  world  in  snow  f 
Who  doth  make  the  wild  winds  blow  ? 
Jack  Frost — Jack  Frost. 


94  SPELLER   AND   READER. 

Who  (lotli  ride  on  snowy  drift, 
When  the  night  winds,  keen  and  swift, 
Sweep  the  land  and  sweep  the  sea, 
Bent  on  mischief — who  is  he  ? 

Jack  Frost — Jack  Frost. 

Who  doth  strike  with  icy  dart, 
The  way-worn  traveller  to  the  heart  ? 
Who  doth  make  the  ocean  wave 
The  seaman's  home,  the  seaman's  grave  ? 
Jack  Frost — Jack  Frost. 

Who  doth  prowl,  at  midnight  hour. 
Like  a  thief  around  the  door,    • 
Through  each  crack  and  crevice  creeping. 
Through  the  very  key-hole  peeping  ? 
Jack  Frost — Jack  Frost. 

Who  doth  pinch  the  traveller's  toes  ? 
Who  doth  sting  the  schoolboy's  nose  ? 
Who  doth  make  yonr  fingers  tingle  ? 
Who  doth  make  the  sleigh-bells  jingle  ? 
Jack  Frost — Jack  Frost. 


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